* '''[http://www.graphviz.org Graphviz]''', '''Inkscape''': Gramps can make nice Genealogical trees (relationship graphs). These are generated by the Graphviz package, which defines a code (dot), as well as programs to produce graphs (dotty, to be called from command line). This gives you as researcher most power over how your tree will look, but has a learning curve. An alternative is to make a graphical report, converting the tree to an svg file, which you then can open/edit/refine in eg Inkscape.

* '''[http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ XdgUtils]''' is a set of command line tools that assist applications with a variety of desktop integration tasks. About half of the tools focus on tasks commonly required during the installation of a desktop application and the other half focuses on integration with the desktop environment while the application is running. Even if the desktop components of your application are limited to an installer, configuration or management tool, Xdg-utils provides you with an easy way to enhance the usage experience of your customers by improving the integration of these components in the user's environment.

* '''[http://tilloy.net/dev/pyexiv2/overview.html pyexiv2]''' is a module that allows Gramps to read and write metadata embedded in image files. It is used in the Metadata Viewer and Edit Exif Metadata gramplets.

Before downloading GRAMPS from this site, see if your operating system's repository makes the current '''GRAMPS''' {{version}} version available. You could also visit [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/ GRAMPS stable on Sourceforge] and look at the version number of the top package.

If your Linux operating systems repository does not have the current version, then you may be able to download it from this site. Some helpful users of GRAMPS have made packages for various systems. If you are lucky you'll find your system below. If it's missing you can contact the developers email list for advice.

'''Debian''': the latest version should be in the ''unstable'' repository ([http://packages.debian.org/sid/gramps Sid Gramps]) and can be upgraded from your package manager. The ''testing'' repository is updated 10 days later (except near a new stable release), see [http://packages.debian.org/testing/gramps Testing Gramps]. Released versions of Debian (''etch'' and ''lenny'') contain older versions of GRAMPS, see the list of [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gramps versions of GRAMPS in Debian].

'''SuSE''': Richard Bos has been providing the GRAMPS releases for OpenSUSE. The repository for OpenSUSE 11.1 is available from [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.1/] or [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/cornelisbb/]. Note that at the time of writing this repository is not the same as that in the repository list as "Education" and must be added as a URL. The repository for 11.0 is [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.0/] and 10.3 is [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_10.3/]. For earlier versions of OpenSUSE (10.2) see the forum entry about [http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?s=22f80a050a1e3cffffd590db0813dea9&showtopic=28727&pid=152093&st=0&#entry152093 satisfying GRAMPS dependencies for SuSE with the ''rbos'' and SMART]. Also, there is [[OpenSUSE_RPM|an other alternative using openSUSE BuildService]].

'''Mandriva''': Newer versions of GRAMPS are sometimes backported. To install backports you must enable the ''backports'' repository (make sure you understand the instructions on the [http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tasks/Installing_and_removing_software#Advanced_use:_Backports_and_candidate_updates Mandriva wiki]). If the latest version is not in the ''backports'' repository you cab try the ''contrib'' repository.

'''Fedora''': For Fedora look on the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ GRAMPS download page] for a package containing ''fc'' with your number and ending with ''.rpm''. The alternative to installing from source is to [[fedora rpm|build a package]] from an rpm spec file, or install a binary from fedora testing.

In all other cases, you must [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ download] the stable source package (the file ending with '.tar.gz') and install GRAMPS manually. See the section about installing from source for details.

If you are interested in GRAMPS, but are afraid to actually install it or unable to install it (not your PC, windows, no internet at home, work laptop, ...), then try out our [[Linux Genealogy CD]]. It runs without installing on the hard disk and contains a collection of open source, free, genealogy programs. You can then install [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Ubuntu 10.10] and GRAMPS from the CD anytime you like.

Be aware there is a least 3 different ways you can install/use GRAMPS under windows. The method you choose will be dependent on ''your'' requirements and how much extra work you wish to put into setting up your environment.

* GRAMPS Portable - Allows you to Run GRAMPS from a portable drive and can be installed to the local hard drive see the [http://portableapps.com/apps/education/gramps_portable PortableApps.com Gramps Portable] page for more information.

Fortunately for users of Microsoft Windows, some users have made a [[Windows installer]]. So far there have not been any reports of serious differences between the official builds of GRAMPS and the Windows Installer, so the future looks promising, but please, use this at your own risk.

A ready-to-run application for Max OS X has been available since September 2009 for both Intel and PPC Apple computers. It is wise to back-up data carefully before using the application (especially if you are upgrading from a previous version of Gramps).

There are two ways to get the source code: download a stable version source, or checkout the source from svn. Please, now is the time to read the [http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/INSTALL?view=markup INSTALL] and [http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/README?view=markup README] files accompanying the code. They come with the most recent information. Details on each download method:

* The latest stable version of GRAMPS can be downloaded from the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ GRAMPS SourceForge file area]. Eg: gramps-{{version}}.tar.gz. Extract this file into a directory:

* If you are interested in testing out the very latest development versions of GRAMPS, they can be obtained from SVN, see [[Brief introduction to SVN#Unstable_development:_.22trunk.22|Brief introduction to SVN]]. The SVN versions of GRAMPS are potentially very dangerous as they have not been extensively tested - especially the "trunk" version which contains features that may still be partly implemented. Be aware that they may be prone to crashing and cause extensive data loss. Please use with extreme caution - and only ever on a copy of your data!

If you have an older version of the GRAMPS source code installed you need to make a decision what you want to do with it before installing a later version. If you wish to keep the old version, make sure that you read the instructions in the INSTALL file regarding the use of the --prefix option to specify where the new version gets installed.

Should you just want to do a straightforward replacement instead, make sure that you remove the older version before you install the new version. '''Do not install over the top of the old version.''' As new versions of Gramps are developed, some functionality is occasionally rewritten in different ways. If you install over the top of an existing installation you run the risk that the old code left behind from the old version may be used instead of the new, sometimes with unintended consequences. If you installed from source, the best way of removing the old version is to run<code>

This script will report any missing dependencies. Install these (see also INSTALL file). Building from source code typically requires that the development versions of the required libraries be installed. You might consider setting a prefix path with autogen.sh, see the INSTALL file for instructions. Standard install is in /usr/local.

Local installation without root privileges is possible, instructions are available on the INSTALL file, most importantly one needs to supply a <code>--prefix=</code> and a <code>--with-mime-dir=</code> argument to <code>autogen.sh</code>.

Instructions for building the pre-built binary version (Mac OX X Application package) are given at [[Mac OS X:Build from source:Application package]]. Some discussion about earlier attempts is at [[Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx]] with bugs reported at [[Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx:bugs]]